The Haskell Indian Nations University, then called the United States Indian Industrial Training School, was founded in 1884. Unlike most Indian boarding schools of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Haskell was founded solely as a trade school without the implicit goal of stamping out Native American culture. It is still active to this day.

The Colorado College (familiarly known as CC) is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell.[4] The college enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduates at its 90-acre (36 ha) campus, 70 miles (110 km) south of Denver in Colorado Springs.